Through Each Other, We Build Ourselves

We are very much like each other

QCD : how we can help each other

A brief summary is given of the outstanding issues in experimental work on the strong interaction at collider experiments. I focus particularly on those areas where more than one collider can address the same issue. (Some figures in this article are in colour only in the electronic version; see www.iop.org)

We Do It Ourselves

In Philips there is a need for many competent software developers. Not for everyone in the company software development is a real engineering activity. They claim that there are no fundamental theories underlying software and software construction. On the other hand, only a few universities offer a curriculum in software engineering, most curricula deal with computer science. Since ten years we...

Are We Over-Drugging Ourselves ?

he repeats the statement in substance, but softens the blow just a little by the qualification that ninetenths of all the bottles of medicine are mere placebos, having none but a psychological effect on their recipients. The doctor's calling is a high one, and he is engaged against powerful opposing forces in a struggle for the existence of his patients. But doctors have to live like lesser mor...

Why we understand each other: the role of the context

This short paper addresses the problem of mutual understanding from an anthropomorphic point of view, highlighting the underlying basic mechanisms and principles. Then the paper extends the considerations form people to organizations showing that, when two organizations communicate for cooperation, a message usually transports only a fraction of the required knowledge. The greater part of knowl...